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ql.{ 8 q{letEf-ffq-iF t Chief Editor : Bazlur Rahmart Bhuiyan Dxecutive Editor : fiffiq-pp g qnr Syed Mahbub Alam tr{q rt<$ Deputy Director S"t-{kEF-s Bangladesh Folk Art & Crafts Cover & Illustration : elqn s qqqSTGt Jashimuddin ffiN6e-{ Display Officer erft Efrqt{ Bangladesh Folk Art & Crafts Foundation Photography: qfrmf+fo g Shafiqur Rahman qftT< T Date of Publication : l9th Jtrly eFFrC.FrstR{ a )br.lqflQ 555\e 1996 Publtshed by : efsf.FrfT B Bangladesh Folk Art & Crafts H,Ctt c,cffi$frBe6636 * prtnter : Asiatic Civil Military Press <1ft Message Folk Art and Crafts of Bangladesh s e q{rtels cqte cffircqsfu Prof. Md. Rezaul Karim {(qq qE-{i, cqEr<{ts Member of the Parliament , q<( Sonargaon qr{iqIF and 1 "IRIE Member, Trustee Board e +]wftcq< en m {st{qt {".?trfrrrsr"qotFl I YF<'-f Introductlon The common people of rural sirr{ E ts e {B+* r Bazlur Rahman Bhutyan Director v sfrEls @ct{ B-stro g Crafts Frame +.r#Ts crrrirtrffis Crafts Frarne hln \tl$ qrtl Aesthetic Concept : Syed Mahbub Alam Sq-"rRfiEs Deputy Director g llr FrsT{I qnnffi Crafts Frame Artist : qFi{B&_{ Jashimuddin Display Officer qTfi qfuq.r< Bangladesh Folk Art & r;p ilq'16" b S"fqr.t e c Material : Printed paper, Hard board, Wood, Pati, Nakshi Khata qt9ttiFttEq{Ts''fi cFr Paper frame S"r Matcrial : Bamboo, Wood, Hard board, Nakshi Kantha tr'r*ur+B c$q Bamboo \trafer frame S"rcq"t s iH, olr, Asffi "[E rs i-s'ft fiqn Materlal Bamboo, Wood, Pati, Hard board, Nakshi Kantha trr"nG-+ ec Bamboo frame )o [e1-Eilq- s 'u{ Ffr< Wr, qn6ms, s6, flfr s a-+ft ttst Materlal : Coloured cotton, thread, Hard board, Pati, Nakshi Kantha Wt{rrrft "lr{t err Coloured thread frame :5F1, Eer+'Eq s fu {fr< {rq qfl, qffi or5 e qgr$6 Materld : Broken porcelain pieces, Wood, Fiard board. Pati, Nakshi Kantha frlq'Rf q'{ Moseic frnrne B4Tlt r Material : Waste Wood, Wood, Hard boad, Pati, Nakshi Kantha otda cer Materlal Broken pieces of earthen pot, wood, Hard board, Pati, Nakshi Kantha c"[l!5.[ @{ Earthen pot Mosaic frame $ef6-q.t s .<8, Tfr, +t5, {fu s r{.ft dte,T Material Cane, Wood, Hard board. Pati, Nakshi Kantha 6{rsrr1+{ @,q Cane Mat frame E"r€d.t r fi q&, flfr, TI5, q66il6 s aaft fiqr Materlal : Jute stick, Wood, Hard board, Pati, Nakshi Kantha tD q&< qq Jute Stlck freime )t \ Bcr+E€t s 1.{ fr6, s6, "tt'fr, qfu e 4ffi:fiql Materlal : Fruit seed, wood, Hard board, Pati, Nakshi Kantha TERG,? q,q Fruit Seed frarne Ecf$ast s -6qt'lq.t, tIfr, Ct\ffi, aEft:6RT s <{5 Materlal Grass (Hogla),i Wood, Hard board , Pati., Nakshi Kantha cqfrlErt @q Grass frame $e;E-gc1 s dlfrrf,q {Icq< tfrsno rurarn, "fl,fr, st5, $ffi s ++ft,firefi Matcrlal Coconut tree, Bark, Hard board, Pati, Nakshi kantha {IRG @fr.{ rt t.t $elqgct UsRqstBq.4 q?ts ),\,se csEEffi @r dEE fr6, orb ctffi, "ffB s )b, e.o, a.) itil )8 LIST OF CRAI"TS FRAIT{E sl. Name Material used Material area 1. r.3 Tamarind seeds Wood, Hard board, pati All the regions of frame (mat) & Nakshi Kantha Bangladesh 4-5&6 Jute rope frame Jute rope, wood, hard Al1 the regions of board. pati and Nakshi Bangladesh Kantha 7, a Broken shell Broken shell, wood, Hard Al1 the regions of mosaic frame board, pati and Nakshi Bangladesh Kantha 9, 10, l1 Cane Mat desig- Cane, wood. hard board, Al1 the regions of t2 ned frame pati and Nakshi Bangladesh, Specially Kantha in Sylhet region 13 Coconut Bark Coconut tree Bark, Hard Everywhere in frame board, Pati and Nakshi Bangladesh (speci-ally Kantha in coastal area 14,15,16, Jute stick frame Jute stick, wood, Hard All the regions of 17&18 board, Pati and Nakshi Bangladesh. Speci-ally Kantha in Comilla, Noakhali, Dhaka, Mymensingh area 19, 20, 2L Bamboo Chatai Bamboo Chatai, Pati All the regions of 22 frame wood, Hard Uoard, Bangladesh. Speci-ally Nakshi Kantha in Chittagong Hill TIacts 23,24 Bamboo wafer Bamboo, wood, Hard A11 the regions of frame board, Nakshi Kantha Bangladesh. Speci-a1ly in Chittagong Hill tracts and Sylhet area 25,26 Spangle on foil Foil, Wood, Pati, Nakshi Al1 the regions of frame Kantha Bangladesh. 27, 28, 29. Jamdani frame Jamdani Saree, Pati, Jamdani Saree from 30, 31 Hard board, Nakshi Dhaka, pati and other Kantha materi-als all over 32, 33 Broken earthen Broken Earthen pot All the regions of pot pieces frame pieces, wood, Hard board Bangladesh. , Pati, Nakshi Kantha 34, 35 Gold or Silver Gold or silver thread A11 the regions of thread frame wood, Hard board, Pati, Ban$adesh. Nakshi Kantha )c \?v,9q,9b :TII?I 5D @{ cril DB, qfu, +t5, "rrB s {t-f,4c(El-{ q<( 8),8t Ifuttqr.T< @q 1& "n*m, fi'J, "tIB, qvfu e flq(frcqD m-qr< 1b€bo rql$ii eof* 6qFrEt, fu 7l Papi er Mach e Paper Mache, wood Ail the regions of frame Hard board, Pati, Nakshi Bangladesh. kantha '7n Coloured thread Coloured cotton thread Al1 the regions of frame woocl, Hard Uoara, Pati, tsangladesh. Nakshi Kantha 73 Fruit seed frame Fruit seed, wood, Hard All the regions of board, Pati, Naksh i Bangladesh. Karrtha )t E), bl, be +oft+Iorq GT +oft +tEs, e-t'J, {vftM, ottB qFI, qrst )oQ. qFqtft.flq< qEqlft Trrc, +t'r, cl6c )b 74, 75, 76, Grass frame Grass [Hogla) wood, Hard All the regions of 77,78 b:ard, Pati, irlakshi Bangladesh. Kantha 79, 80 Grass and Grass (Hogla) Bamboo All the regions of Bamboo stlck Board, Pat i, Nakshi Bangladesh. frame Kantha 81, 82, 83, Paper frame Designed Paper, wood All the regions of 84 Hard board, Pati, Nakshi Bangladesh. Kantha I 85, 86 Glass frame Borken glass pieces, All the regions of Hard board, Pati, Nakshi Bangladesh. Kantha 87 Plaster of Paris Plaster of Paris, wood, A11 the regions of t frame Hard board, Pati, Nal(shi Bangladesh. Kantha 88, 89 Nakshi Pati frame Nakshi pati, wood, Hard A11 the regions of board, Nakshi Kantha Bangladesh. 90 Pati and fan Tal ieaves, Pati wood, A1l the regions of frame Hard board Nakshi Bangladesh. Kantha 91 Cork frame Artificial cork wood, A11 the regions of Hard board, Nak'shl Bangladesh. Kantha, Pati 92 Paper B1o ck Paper block, Pati, Wood, A11 the regions of frame Hard board. Nakshi Bangladesh. Kantha 93, 94, 95, Folk design frame Wood, Hard board, Pati, A11 the regions of 96.97 Nakshi Kantha Bangladesh. oa Bamboo Frame Bamboo, Wood, Pati All the regions of Fiard boarci, Nakshi Bangladesh. Kantha 99, 100 Earthen Pot Broken pieces of earthen Ail the regions of 101 Mosaic frame Pol, wood, Hard board, Bangladesh. Pati. Nakshl Kantha t02 Jamdani Border Jamdani Saree border Ail the regions of frame wood. Hard board. Pati Bangladesh. Jam danl Nakshi Kantha frorn Dhaka. )b $lFrrT @T s qo q[TIIq-{, a,) {{rsr<-ir sr{fi"t r qt s{lg'r<-{ cEfr"s, historical perspective anci social +1-<"t qd-qTrT&T-{r1&+ I 6Els € infrastructures. It represents a $IFfiH qt cEfrro m{tscrd qfuTE {(er, kind of reality which is not to be 'lw{, ? L 16 L \e qIr{{e{IET,C<(q r ttes, serpentine, floral, geome- \Mavy motifs have been +.t=Fcr @c:rrr D€vT qfr-* sarra-t 8 1. International Encyclopaedia of Social Science. 2. Zrentral Verbnand des, Deutschen Handwerk Bonn. The Fine Crafts in the Federal Rebublic of Germany Bonn 1980. 3. Subrata Banerjee : Bangladesh, National Book Trust New Delhi- 1981. P. 41 4. Victor Zelger : The Fine Crafts in the Federal Republic of Germany P. 41 . 5. Syed Mahbub Alam, Folk Art Museum and Crafts Village "Miniature Bangladesh" Bangladesh Folk Art & Crafts Foundation, Sonargaon- 1979. 6. Martha Chen, Revival of Crafts in Bangladesh- 1984. e)